Blast Zone: Movies That Bombed

The Blast Boys put it in gear with Ron Iver (@ronnui_) to boost 2000's GONE IN 60 SECONDS GONE IN 60 SECONDS DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena RELEASED: June 9th, 2000 BUDGET: $103M BOX OFFICE: $242M ESTIMATED LOSS: $92M STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Vinnie Jones, Delroy Lindo, Timothy Olyphant, Chi McBride, Will Patton 0:00 Intro 6:14 Show & tell 13:04 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We enlist for a term of service with 1997's STARSHIP TROOPERS Show Notes: Pic of Calitri's chair-like thing https://imgur.com/a/fTCSSyI Wood-paneled Lamborghini (not pictured because we couldn't find one) ---------- Blast Zone: Movies that Bombed is not a podcast about bad movies, it's a podcast about movies that did badly. Join comedians Jon Drake (@DrakeGatsby) and Ian Dukes (@ianpauldukes) as they dig up the bombs that shook Hollywood and try to find out why they went up in flames.

It’s episode 101 and we’re going to Gotham to check out the BIRDS OF PREY BIRDS OF PREY DIRECTED BY: Cathy Yan RELEASED: February 7, 2020 BUDGET: $100M BOX OFFICE: $205.3M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M CAST: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Chris Messina 0:00 Intro 2:39 Show & tell 6:58 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re joined by Ron Iver (ronnui_) to talk the most 2000 movie of all time, GONE IN 60 SECONDS Show Notes: Info on the upcoming Scott Pilgrim anime https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim_The_Anime

It’s the big one! 100 episodes! We’re covering maybe the most notorious bomb of all time with HEAVEN’S GATE! HEAVEN’S GATE DIRECTED BY: Michael Cimino RELEASED: November 19, 1980 BUDGET: $44M BOX OFFICE: $3.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: Total CAST: Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Isabelle Huppert, Sam Waterston, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt 0:00 Intro 1:30 Show & tell 7:23 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re getting ready for BARBIE by talking about BIRDS OF PREY Show Notes: The Cimino biography that Jon read https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/cimino_9781419747113/

One of the most 90s movies ever made, it’s DROP ZONE DIRECTED BY: John Badham RELEASED: December 9, 1994 BUDGET: $45M BOX OFFICE: $62M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M CAST: Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter 0:00 Intro 2:17 Show & tell 7:02 This week's movie Next Week: IT'S THE 100TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA AND WE’RE DOING HEAVEN’S GATE SHOW NOTES: Patton Oswalt talks about BLADE: TRINITY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i8rCtzKA9tQ&t=2s&pp=ygUTcGF0dG9uIG9zd2FsdCBibGFkZQ%3D%3D

Our first time covering Jim Carrey, but probably not our last. It’s THE CABLE GUY. DIRECTED BY: Ben Stiller RELEASED: June 14, 1996 BUDGET: $47M BOX OFFICE: $102.8M ESTIMATED LOSS: $5M CAST: Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, Leslie Mann, Jack Black 0:00 Intro 2:28 Show & tell 7:05 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Wesley Snipes tries, and fails, to do for skydiving what Point Break did for surfing. It’s DROP ZONE

Roll up those jacket sleeves and get ready for MIAMI VICE MIAMI VICE DIRECTED BY: Michael Mann RELEASED: July 28, 2006 BUDGET: $135M-$150M BOX OFFICE: $164.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $80M CAST: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Barry Shabaka Henley, Domenick Lombardozzi, Justin Theroux 0:00 Intro 1:46 Show & tell 7:02 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Almost 100 episodes in and we’re finally getting around to a Jim Carrey movie. It’s THE CABLE GUY

This movie is not good. It’s HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE I guess or something HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE DIRECTED BY: Ron Shelton RELEASED: June 13, 2003 BUDGET: $75M BOX OFFICE: $51.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M CAST: Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Isaiah Washington, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Dwight Yoakam 0:00 Intro 2:37 Show & tell 7:18 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re sticking with the buddy cop theme and revisiting Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE

Big waves. Vietnam. Grown men diving into ovens. This movie has it all! It’s BIG WEDNESDAY BIG WEDNESDAY DIRECTED BY: John Millius RELEASED: May 26, 1978 BUDGET: $11M BOX OFFICE: $4.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M CAST: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D’Arbanville 0:00 Intro 2:18 Show & tell 6:12 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: It’s the movie more famous for its co-stars hating each other than for the actual movie, HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE!

We’re back on our international arms dealer thing after a brief intermission with the Nicolas Cage cult favorite LORD OF WAR LORD OF WAR DIRECTED BY: Andrew Niccol RELEASED: September 16, 2005 BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $72.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynihan, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm 0:00 Intro 2:48 Show & tell 7:58 This week's movie SHOW NOTES: Nic Cage made of bullets https://imgur.com/a/kutn5hz NEXT EPISODE: Surfs up, dudes! We’re going all the way back to ‘78 with BIG WEDNESDAY

We traded anti-Russian Cold War propaganda for anti-Chinese propaganda but then got cold feet and made it about North Korea cuz why not. It’s the 2012 RED DAWN RED DAWN DIRECTED BY: Dan Bradley RELEASED: November 21, 2012 BUDGET: $65M BOX OFFICE: $50.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $30M STARRING: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas 0:00 Intro 2:30 Show & tell 6:42 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re going back to the world of arms dealing with 2005’s cult favorite LORD OF WAR

Todd Phillips’ first foray into Scorsese impersonator territory wasn’t JOKER, it was the stoner bros dealing arms crime comedy WAR DOGS WAR DOGS DIRECTED BY: Todd Phillips RELEASED: August 19, 2016 BUDGET: $50M BOX OFFICE: $86.2M ESTIMATED LOSS: $10M STARRING: Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Kevin Pollak, Bradley Cooper 0:00 Intro 3:00 Show & tell 6:45 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: It’s the 2012 RED DAWN. That’s the bad one, in case you were wondering.

A 140-minute Viking epic with Bjork is still somehow Robert Eggers' most accessible movie. It’s THE NORTHMAN THE NORTHMAN DIRECTED BY: Robert Eggers RELEASED: April 13, 2022 BUDGET: $90M BOX OFFICE: $69.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $50M STARRING: Alexander Skarsgärd, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke 0:00 Intro 2:28 Show & tell 6:18 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: Exploring Scorsese-lite with WAR DOGS Show Notes: Nicole Kidman for AMC https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KiEeIxZJ9x0 Amleth's daughter the girlboss Maiden King https://imgur.com/a/r7SacMz

The internet. We obviously know it’s a series of tubes, but what else? We try to find out as we discuss 2001’s SWORDFISH SWORDFISH DIRECTED BY: Dominic Sena RELEASED: June 8, 2001 BUDGET: $102M BOX OFFICE: $147M ESTIMATED LOSS: $60M STARRING: John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, Sam Shepard 0:00 Intro 1:55 Show & tell 5:54 This week's movie NEXT EPISODE: We’re getting weird with THE NORTHMAN

War(craft)! What is it good for? We find out on this weeks episode WARCRAFT DIRECTED BY: Duncan Jones RELEASED: June 10, 2016 BUDGET: $160M BOX OFFICE: $439M ESTIMATED LOSS: $40M STARRING: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Toby Kebbel, Ben Schnetzer, Dominic Cooper NEXT EPISODE: The early 00s hacker cheese fest SWORDFISH

From that era in the 70s where directors went to the jungle and went over budget and made their masterpieces, it’s SORCERER SORCERER DIRECTED BY: William Friedkin RELEASED: June 24, 1977 BUDGET: $22M BOX OFFICE: $9M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou NEXT EPISODE: One of the most expensive video game movies ever made, it’s 2016’s WARCRAFT Show Notes: Pazuzu sightings https://imgur.com/a/LnoCt3P Marvin the Torch story https://twitter.com/JFrankensteiner/status/1187912958879375360

One of those late 90s edgy action movies except it’s from 2009. It’s CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECTED BY: Neveldine/Taylor RELEASED: April 17, 2009 BUDGET: $20M BOX OFFICE: $34.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $8M STARRING: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakam, Efren Ramirez, Bai Ling, Clifton Collins Jr. NEXT EPISODE: We’re going all the way back to 1977 with SORCERER Show Notes: handsome Sam Hargrave https://imgur.com/a/3Fh96Vv

Kicking off 2023 in a big way with one of the most beloved movies of all time, THE PRINCESS BRIDE THE PRINCESS BRIDE DIRECTED BY: Rob Reiner RELEASED: October 9, 1987 BUDGET: $16M BOX OFFICE: $30.9M ESTIMATED LOSS: break even STARRING: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Andre The Giant, Christopher Guest NEXT EPISODE: One of the trashiest action movies ever made, CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE Bottle of Wits https://imgur.com/a/s96Sg4x

We’re getting in the Hayleyday spirit with the homie @2Saddington joining us for the Michael Keaton snowman dad dramedy JACK FROST JACK FROST DIRECTED BY: Troy Miller RELEASED: December 11, 1998 BUDGET: $85M BOX OFFICE: $34.6M ESTIMATED LOSS: $70M STARRING: Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Mark Addy, Joseph Cross NEXT EPISODE: We’re back in two weeks kicking off the New Year in a big way with THE PRINCESS BRIDE Paul F Tompkins cameo https://imgur.com/a/4XEhLy0

It’s the onetime Guinness Book of World Records holder for biggest bomb, CUTTHROAT ISLAND CUTTHROAT ISLAND DIRECTED BY: Renny Harlin RELEASED: December 22, 1995 BUDGET: $115M BOX OFFICE: $10.1M ESTIMATED LOSS: $140M STARRING: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Maury Chaykin, Stan Shaw NEXT EPISODE: The homie Hayley (@2Saddington) is back to talk Michael Keaton haunted snowman family drama JACK FROST Leprechaun Sketch https://imgur.com/a/xIsX21V

Probably the most critically acclaimed movie we’ve covered so far? It’s CHILDREN OF MEN CHILDREN OF MEN DIRECTED BY: Alfonso Cuarón RELEASED: December 22, 2005 BUDGET: $76M BOX OFFICE: $70.5M ESTIMATED LOSS: $20M STARRING: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam NEXT EPISODE: We’re taking a week off before we induct another movie into the -$100m club with CUTTHROAT ISLAND